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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Weeks of Freedom What I'm doing for my last 4 weeks in the US!

  

  The arrival of September 1st signifies exactly 4 weeks until I board a flight to the U.K and embark on the second half of my college journey. And over the last 3 weeks most of the conversations I've had

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 2, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

    Did you know the soda can top (or "pop" can for those of you ... 's simply a tab on a lever that punches out a precut piece of aluminum. It ... enormous amount of work. In fact, this "simplicity follows complexity" idea

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train(wreck) of Thought

  

  intensive project hence (most of) my absence from the blagosphere. BUT I ... is a group that screens movies on campus) and one of the movies was ... 't speak more than a large burrito worth of spanish, but here's what I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of school The first day of school

  

  Remember what the first day of school was like in elementary school ... classes (Course 2) and filling in the rest of my schedule with classes in my ... of Biomolecular Systems is listed as both a Biological Engineering (BE

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Felines of Fifth West meow meow

  

  So they say that the best part of MIT is the people. Is this true ... to be people, in which case I would whole-heartedly agree that one of the best parts of MIT is the tiny furry people walking around on the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Battle of the Boot storytime with Yuliya #1

  

  ceiling of the Simmons auditorium and display my work of many days. There ... past the rows of viewers. I donned my best cardigan and favorite boots. Underneath my shoes, I concealed the mark of laziness, two mismatched socks

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 23, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  , when I went to UPMUNC in November. One of the most common questions the ... (two weekends ago) Members of the BU or MIT MUN program are given the ... the conference from the other side of the spectrum. Joining MUN

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  symptoms of nostalgia emo-posting

  

  It's the time of year when the blogs get a little wistful. I ... semester of your MIT experience, and it's coming to an end. Sophomore fall is notoriously academically difficult because you're adjusting your expectations of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 2, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  another day of summer ♬ ba-ba-da-ba da-ba-da-ba ♬

  

  day for the past week, probably because of the abundance of natural ... -seasoned piece of avocado toast with one. 9:32 AM I start work. My UROP is data ... -the-fuck-out-of-my-house-and-find-a-UROP frenzy. I really like the work

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 18, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Nibble of Music

  

  coherence of an album keeps me focused. But yesterday, in honor of Daniel ... . But instead of the first 10 (decimal is so ordinary!), I decided to ... of a country evangelist) to make me a mix CD of her favorite stuff. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Order of Operations In what order should your application be submitted?

  

  Recently, I've been getting a lot of questions like, "Can I do my ... of this sort. You can do all of the parts of the MIT application in parallel. That is to say, order doesn't matter. (All of this assumes you have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Narrative of Discovery Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson…

  

  , Nancy Hopkins provides a passionate, first person account of the

  • by Laurie Everett
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The swing of things MIT happenings.

  

  projects are all happening at once, and lots of people are pretty hosed ... of the Institute. So even if none of us will ever have to deal with the ... freshmen) recommended by the committee, plenty of us are pretty mad about it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  probably one of the happiest people on the face of the earth. Unfortunately ... reactions weren't so positive. A lot of people told me to my face, "Bryan, you ... MIT had made a mistake or was admitting me on the basis of something

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  , which is a month of courses, events, and other activities around campus ... cooking for myself this month. I bought a lot of soup. A tad too much most likely. My pantry of food resembles that of the Soup Nazi. Anyways, I grab

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Events

  A Splash of color! and a bigger splash of water.

  

  As something of an absent blogger over the past few months, one of ... -1 only has two days left on Hulu!", or d) all of the above). However ... , right? Also, true to form, I have returned bringing you something of a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Fifty Shades of Break or things to do other than pressing F5

  

  It's that time of the year where everything winds down and you might ... towards the end of high school, my friends and I would religiously check the results of a semester, year, or life's worth of effort. It boiled down to a

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  elusive skill of patience – waiting for the bus, waiting on a friend at a ... feared the finality of it, all at the same time. I find the act of ... music when you want an in-between: Switched on Pop (one of my favorite

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  a few aspects of taking care of yourself we wish we had learned two years ago. MIT has its times of incredible stress and it's during those times that these tips are most crucial. Taking care of yourself is

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  at each other, and both of us were like "You know, I really don't like dancing." Adam's line of reasoning is that once you're in a relationship ... instead of dancing. 2. Another anonymous commenter asked, Hi! I am thinking

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006